Vote 100 - Gallery

Thumbnail image of Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst, Waterloo Station, London, 1911. Artist: Unknown

2018 sees the culmination of the Vote 100 project which is a Parliamentary project to mark the following upcoming anniversaries:

  • February 2018 - 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which enabled all men and some women over the age of 30 to vote for the first time;
  • April 2018 - 60th anniversary of the Life Peerages Act 1958, which allowed women to sit in the House of Lords;
  • July 2018 - 90th anniversary of the Equal Franchise Act 1928, which gave women the right to vote at age 21 on the same terms as men;
  • October 2018 - 60th anniversary of women sitting in the House of Lords for the first time;
  • November 2018 - 100th anniversary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918, allowing women to stand for election to the House of Commons;
  • December 2018 - 100th anniversary of all men and some women voting for the first time, in the general election of December 1918.

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The Suffragette Penny with the slogan Votes for Women over the portrait of King Edward VII.
 
The Rights of Women or the Effects of Female Enfranchisement, 1853.
 
Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the King's horse during the Derby, Epsom, Surrey, 1913. Artist: Unknown.
 
Mrs Flora Drummond, arrested in Hyde Park, London, 1914, (1935).  Artist: Unknown.
 
A woman ticket inspector at work, c1914. Artist: Unknown
 
Larking with the Girls, 1906.
 
The New Woman, 1895. Artist: Morrow, Albert (1863-1927)
 
Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette leader, carrying a petition, London, 13 February 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragette, questioning Herbert Gladstone in court, London 1909. Artist: GK Jones
 
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, British suffragettes, 1909.  Artist: GK Jones
 
The head of the Women's Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragette, addressing a crowd in Trafalgar Square, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragettes, London, 12 October 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Arrest of leading suffragettes, London, 13 October 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
The Women's Freedom League attempting to enter the House of Commons, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
British suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence's release from prison, 17 April 1909. Creator: Unknown.
 
The arrest of suffragette Dora Marsden, 30 March 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
The 'Human Letters' dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette, in a cell in Holloway Prison, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
The Women's Social and Political Union fife and drum band out for the first time, 13 May 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Pankhurst waving to the hunger strikers from a house overlooking Holloway Prison, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
British suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence's release from prison, 17 April 1909. Creator: Unknown.
 
Jessie Kenney, British suffragette, dressed as a telegraph boy, 10 December 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, British suffragettes, 18 September, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Ada Flatman, British suffragette, at a demonstration she organised in Liverpool, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Lady Constance Lytton, British suffragette, Newcastle, 9 October 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Miss Kelly, a suffragette, selling Votes for Women, July 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Barbara Ayrton, British suffragette, campaigning on the Votes for Women bus, October 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Spectators gather on Portland Place to watch the Women's Sunday procession, London, 21 June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Young suffragettes promote the fortnight-long Women's Exhibition, London, 13 May 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes trying to speak to the Prime Minister, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Sylvia Pankhurst, British suffragette, in a bath chair, London, June 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette 'martyrs' released from prison, 1908.  Artist: Central News
 
Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette, and her daughter Christabel, early 20th century (1956). Artist: Unknown
 
A suffragette confronting two policemen, 1913 (1937).Artist: Sport & General
 
Janet M Cole and Hazel Philip campaigning for Votes for Women, Chicago, USA, 1905. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragettes, 1908.  Artist: Central News
 
A suffragette being arrested, c1910s (1935). Artist: Unknown
 
Mrs Pankhurst, arrested outside Buckingham Palace, London, 1914, (1935). Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline Pankhurst arrested by Superintendent Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London, May 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown
 
International Woman Suffrage Alliance, 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
A 'Lancashire lassie' escorted through the palace yard, Westminster Palace, London, March 1907. Artist: Unknown
 
Women ticket collectors, London Bridge Station, London, May 1915. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline Pankhurst, c1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette prisoner, c1910. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette being arrested, 19th November 1910. Artist: Unknown
 
Poster advertising the Suffragette newspaper, 1912. Artist: Hilda Dallas
 
Votes for Women cart, October 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
'The Cat and Mouse Act', 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
Songsheet of 'The March of the Women', 1911. Artist: Margaret Morris
 
Poster for The Suffragette newspaper, c1910-c1915. Artist: M Bartels
 
'Votes for Women', 1909. Artist: Hilda Dallas
 
Gladice Keevil campaigning at the Manchester North West by-election, Lancashire, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst, Waterloo Station, London, 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Mabel Capper and Patricia Woodlock advertising a meeting, Manchester, Lancashire, July 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Daisy Dugdale leading the procession to welcome Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
A 'press cart' outside the Woman's Press, Charing Cross Road, London, July 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, c1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Rose Lamartine Yates wearing the suffragette uniform, with her son Paul, Surrey, c1910. Artist: Unknown
 
Minnie Baldock, c1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, c1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Mary Leigh, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Mary Eleanor Gawthorpe, c1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Edith Ruth Mansell-Moullin, 17th June 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
The editorial department, Clement's Inn, The Strand, September 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
The inner office, Clement's Inn, The Strand, September 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Miss Kelly selling Votes for Women in central London, July 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Mary Phillips selling Votes for Women in London, October 1907. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes on a 'poster parade' selling the Suffragette, 31st July, 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes on their way to Women's Sunday, 21st June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Women's Sunday procession, 21 June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Emma Sproson (left) and a friend chalking the pavement, 1907. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes determined to 'Keep the Liberal Out', 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
A meeting at Caxton Hall prior to the 'Rush the House of Commons' demonstration, October 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Scottish suffragettes welcoming Mary Phillips on her release from Holloway Gaol, August 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
A silver and glass badge with a medallion portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, c1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Bristol suffragettes raising money during Self-Denial Week, 1910. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes advertising the Women's Social and Political Union, from a boat, June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes on the Euston Road procession carrying banners to Women's Sunday, London, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Crowds in Hyde Park on Women's Sunday, 21st June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Marjorie Annan Bryce dressed as Joan of Arc at the Women's Coronation Procession, London, 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
The 'Car Empire' on the Women's Coronation Procession, 17th June 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Indian suffragettes on the Women's Coronation Procession, London, 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Four suffragettes exercising in the yard at Holloway Gaol, c1912. Artist: Unknown
 
Three suffragettes prepare to chain themselves to the railings, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
The first window-smashers, Mary Leigh and Edith New in the dock at Bow Street Magistrates, 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
Five suffragettes holding a broken window in its frame, 1912. Artist: Unknown
 
Women porters at Marylebone station, May 1915. Artist: Unknown
 
Welsh suffragettes in traditional costume on the Women's Coronation Procession, 17th June 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Policewomen being inspected by Mary S Allen in London, May 1915. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragettes handing out leaflets, London, October 1907. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette, Lady Constance Lytton, c1912. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette advertising a march supporting votes for women, Strand, London, c1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Christabel Pankhurst with a group of suffragettes, London, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Members of both Houses watching suffragettes in Parliament Square, London, 30 June 1908. Artist: Unknown
 
A mass of spectators at the Monument, London, 18 April 1913. Artist: Unknown
 
The suffragette housemaid, 1908.  Artist: Central News
 
Welsh suffragettes in traditional costume on the women's coronation procession, 17th June 1911. Artist: Unknown
 
Suffragette banner, c1910. Artist: Unknown
 
'A Suffragette's Home', early 20th century. Artist: John Hassall
 
A policeman removes a suffragette poster from the railings, House of Commons, London, March 1909. Artist: Unknown